4 Nov 2024

Dudley Jackson: overcoming seasickness with VR

From Nine To Noon, 10:05 am on 4 November 2024
Dudley Jackson, founder of See-Level, a VR headset to combat seasickness

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Dudley Jackson had a dream to sail around the world. The Christchurch man planned, he saved, he found the perfect boat, he bought the boat.

He and his wife then sold their house and were ready to set off with the kids.

There was just one problem: as soon as he was offshore, he was dreadfully seasick.

So the plan to circumnavigate the globe was put on hold and he took up a career in IT.

Then a lightbulb moment a couple of years later: his son showed him a virtual reality headset and it sparked an idea: could VR combat debilitating seasickness?

Two years and 80 different software builds, See-level was launched and its VR headsets are now sold around the world.